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To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Tags: aesthetic, being, own, moral, ideas

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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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When in doubt, do it.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Tags: doubt
The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Tags: common-sense, law, experience, history
On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Tags: who, end, i-am, life
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Tags: greatly, calling, every, great
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